It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it’s generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there’s no algorithm promoting outrage all the time.

For me, the anticipation of toxicity was a huge deterrent for me ever participating in real discussions, but here I feel like I can be myself.

I think it’s healthier this way.

  • @ilickfrogs
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    61 year ago

    They always do. Though in lemmys case I imagine it’ll be bigger instances running off with delusional admins thinking they’re some exception to the rule.

    • @dudebro
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      11 year ago

      I can see some corporation coming along with a very strict adherence to whatever rules they set out becoming a major player in the fediverse.

      Usually it’s when mods moderate with an agenda that their instances go to shit.